Christmastime is that special time of year when everything is bright and merry.

It’s also when things are at their darkest and coldest.

Fans of the character or unique cinematography should add this to their Christmas watch list.

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Lady in the Lakeis available to rent on Prime Video in the U.S.

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Welles' creative control was taken away, and it resulted inseveral different versions of the final film.

Robert Montgomery looking at himself in a pocket mirror while Audrey Totter is sitting across from him in Lady in the Lake (1947)

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This sharply written piece of Midwest noirwould make a perfect stocking-stuffer alongsideFargo.

The script,by supposedCitizen CanewriterHerman Mankiewicz, is alsofilled with the best kind of terse noir dialogue.

This is the Secret Santa gift that’sperfect for any crime cinema connoisseur looking to expand their library.

Orson Welles flies a plane in Mr. Arkadin

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The Silent Partneris available to rent on Prime Video.

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The rest is as fine a crime film as offered by any other decade.

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The film bristles with Black’s signature witty dialogue, andDowney and Kilmer make for a dynamic pairing.

From stolen gifts to holiday parties in the Hollywood hills, Christmas is plastered all over the film.

Blast of Silenceis not currently streaming in the U.S.

“Preacher” Harry Powell with “Love” written on his fingers in The Night of the Hunter

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The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Vic Cavanaugh talking to Charlie Arglist in The Ice Harvest

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Gene Kelly standing next to Deanna Durbin sitting up in bed in Christmas Holiday (1944)

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Christopher Plummer and Elliott Gould look at each other in The Silent Partner (1978)

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Kim Basinger as Lynn Bracket looking stoic in L.A. Confidential.

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A group of well dressed people at a party stand together talking in The Thin Man.

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Robert Downey Jr. Michelle Monaghan, and Val Kilmer talking in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - 2005

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Blast of Silence

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